Love for Food

Deixe sua cabeça: cioè: leave the head, in the case of shrimp. It’s not an easy thing, to leave the head. And I’m not just talking about shrimp… At first,

I met another madman. Madly in love. Madly in love with olive trees and oil. Madly in love to the point of wanting “the best” for his beloved olives. And

Open, come in. What a wonderful invitation, just like that, along the way. It’s open, we eat here, it’s lunch time. So, old fashioned, the “simple” way, without frills, trappings,

Chiccolino Chiccolino where are you? (baby grain, baby grain where are you?) Under the ground, don’t you know? And you do nothing down there? I sleep in my crib. You

The name does not correspond to what the adjective means in Italian – And in English, as well. The island of Giglio, as we Gigliesi like to say, is a

The behavior of the food can teach us something about our behavior. At the same time, we can treat food in the same way we treat people. A big example?

Each family has its own seeds. Many varieties, each in small plots, each adapting the microclimate of the plot of land. We already know that Italy holds the scepter of

The Chianina is the bovine breed raised in ValdiChiana – from which it takes its name -, the area of Tuscany known in the US as Under The Tuscan Sun,

Who says it’s sad? When the last fruits of summer color it, and the first fruits – primizie – of winter are already making their way. Marcella Ansaldo © 2021